Kelly Peterson, a lobbyist for the Humane Society of the United States, said that undermines the game fowl industry's main argument in the past: that they have a legal right to raise fighting birds, so long as they don't actually fight in Oregon, where the practice is illegal.

They are the first new animals to arrive at the farm since the foot and mouth outbreak, and have been making friends with 27 Cotswold sheep, 20 English Longhorn cows, six Dorking hens, four Old English Game Fowl, four geese and two turkeys.

In response to the outbreak of Exotic Newcastle Disease in California, the state Department of Agriculture (WSDA) asks that shipments of game fowl from California or Mexico be reported to the state veterinarian's office at 360/902-1878 or the U.

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